Psalm 120 – NIRV & GKY

New International Reader’s Version

Psalm 120:1-7

Psalm 120

A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord.

1I call out to the Lord when I’m in trouble,

and he answers me.

2Lord, save me from people whose lips tell lies.

Save me from people whose tongues don’t tell the truth.

3What will the Lord do to you, you lying tongue?

And what more will he do?

4He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a soldier.

He will punish you with burning coals from a desert bush.

5How terrible it is for me to live in the tents of the people of Meshek!

How terrible to live in the tents of the people of Kedar!

6I have lived too long

among those who hate peace.

7I want peace.

But when I speak, they want war.

Holy Bible in Gĩkũyũ

Thaburi 120:1-7

Ihooya rĩa kũũria Ũteithio

Thaburi ya Agendi

1120:1 2Sam 22:7Ndakaĩire Jehova ndĩ mĩnyamaro-inĩ,

nake akĩnjĩtĩka.

2Wee Jehova, honokia harĩ mĩromo ĩrĩa yaragia maheeni,

na harĩ nĩmĩ iria iheenanagia.

3Agaagwĩka atĩa, na nĩ atĩa ũngĩ makĩria ya ũguo,

wee rũrĩmĩ rũrũ rũheenanagia?

4120:4 Gũcook 32:23Agaakũherithia na mĩguĩ mĩnoore ya njamba ya ita,

na makara marĩrĩmbũkĩte mwaki ma mũtĩ wa mũkoigo.

5120:5 Kĩam 25:13; Jer 2:10Kaĩ ndĩ na haaro-ĩ, nĩgũtũũra gũkũ Mesheki,

na ngaikara hema-inĩ cia Kedari-ĩ!

6Nĩndũũrĩte hĩndĩ ndaaya

gatagatĩ-inĩ ka arĩa mathũire thayũ.

7Niĩ ndĩ mũndũ wa thayũ;

no rĩrĩa ndaaria-rĩ, o mendaga o mbaara.